Notation Interchange File Format

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Notation Interchange File Format (NIFF) is a music notation file format used primarily for transferring music notation between different scorewriters.

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Extensions	`.nif`
MIME types	`application/vnd.music-niff`
Signatures	`52494658` at byte 0 (NIFF)
PRONOM	`fmt/974`
Wikidata	`Q2001898`

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Sources

File Formats Wiki
PRONOM fmt/974
Wikidata Q2001898

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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